Fox News

Illegal aliens canvass for votes in Washington state

When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters’ doors, she’s not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it’s a risk to advertise to strangers that she’s here illegally — but one worth taking in what she sees as a crucial election. — The 42-year-old is one of dozens of volunteers — many of them illegal [aliens] — canvassing neighborhoods in the Seattle area…

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International Business Times — New York

Amidst high unemployment in U.S., guest worker schemes under fire

Hundreds of thousands of high-skilled foreign workers have come to the United States in recent decades under the auspices of the H-1B and L-1 visa programs, which allows temporary employment, particularly in the much-coveted software / engineering / computer science fields

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MSNBC

Texas National Guardsman shot dead in Mexico

A Texas National Guardsman and another man were shot dead in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, according to local officials and reports. — The body of Jose Gil Hernandez Ramirez, 21, of El Paso, was identified by members of his family, Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general’s office, said…

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W. James Antle, III — Politico

GOP’s Latino woes not immigration

Republicans may be poised to do well in November, but long term they face the electoral equivalent of a ticking time bomb: enduring unpopularity among the growing Latino voting bloc. Conventional wisdom holds that the main reason for this is the Republican position on immigration…

It is not at all clear that dropping their enforcement-first position on immigration would net Republicans many votes. The issue is actually less important to Latinos than is generally assumed.

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KGUN-TV — Tucson

ICE agents raid Tucson business

ICE agents served search warrants on a Tucson business early Wednesday morning. — M & M Truck Boutique is located at the 4500 Block of East Broadway Boulevard. — Vincent Picard, a spokesman for ICE tells KGUN9 that this is an ongoing investigation…

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Not that it was needed, but another sure and certain signal that 287(g) is an effective tool to rid America of the hordes of illegal alien invaders is the “Basta 287(g)” site created to organize the racebaiters who fear the law. HERE

VIVA LA MIGRA! STOP THE INFESTATION!

American Spectator

No Confidence
By W. James Antle, III from the October 2010 issue

The Obama administration has finally met a labor union it doesn’t like, and the feeling is mutual. In June, a union representing 7,600 employees in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — affiliated with both the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO — issued a unanimous vote of “no confidence” against the political appointees the White House chose to oversee immigration law enforcement.

The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council specifically named ICE director John Morton and assistant director Phyllis Coven, accusing them of having “abandoned the agency’s core mission of enforcing United States Immigration Laws” and “campaigning for programs and policies related to amnesty.” The union leaders further charged the Obama administration with the “creation of a special detention system for foreign nationals that exceeds the care and services provided to most United States citizens similarly incarcerated.”

Organizations representing border patrol agents had already slammed their upper management at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE. The AFL-CIO-affiliated National Border Patrol Council issued its no-confidence vote last year. The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) concurred. “The U.S. has reached a critical crossroads in dealing with the illegal alien problem,” NAFBPO founder Buck Brandemuehl said in a statement. “This problem must be addressed now, as it is strangling our democracy and threatening our national security.”

At the same time the Obama administration was requesting funding for 1,000 additional border patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council complained that it was clandestinely reducing the number of agents along the U.S.-Mexico border by cutting the overtime hours they can work. “By lowering the statutory overtime cap nearly 15 percent through the current administrative restrictions, top-level managers in the Border Patrol are depriving Americans of desperately needed coverage along the border at a time of national crisis,” Council head T. J. Bonner told the Washington Times.

These border patrol and customs agents aren’t just disgruntled employees. They are outraged by an administration that is suing to block Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law — and bragging to the United Nations that this is a positive step for human rights — and undercutting the removal of most illegal immigrants. The people who are paid to put their lives on the line for the country’s border security are outraged that their political superiors seem to have other priorities.

Consider the firestorm set off by a leaked memo outlining ways the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) could effectively legalize at least tens of thousands of illegal immigrants even in the absence of “comprehensive immigration reform.” The USCIS could grant “parole in place,” which comes with a work permit and the right to apply for a green card. Or it could identify a subset of illegal aliens — like potential beneficiaries of the DREAM Act, which Congress has pointedly failed to enact — and give them “deferred action,” delaying deportation indefinitely.

Then there was this brainstorm: DHS could stop issuing the “notice to appear” letters that begin the deportation process unless the alien in question has a “significant negative immigration or criminal history.” That’s like a landlord being barred from issuing pay or quit notices to tenants who refuse to pay rent. In essence, these were proposals to give amnesty by executive fiat, handing out green cards and refusing to enforce immigration laws.

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PRESS RELEASE

Immigration Conference Long Overdue

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Tuesday, October 5, Progressives for Immigration Reform held its 1st National Conference on Immigration, Conservation and the Environment at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The conference featured eight panelists during the daylong event whose backgrounds ranged from academia to nonprofit advocacy. Progressives for Immigration Reform is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that aims to inform the public of how increased immigration levels adversely impact the U.S. environment, labor market and economy. Leah Durant, the Executive Director of Progressives for Immigration Reform, moderated the event. Ms. Durant, a former Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, has spent much of her career working on immigration law and policy.

The keynote speaker of the daylong event was Paul Ehrlich, famed biologist and author of The Population Bomb. Other speakers included well known immigration policy experts such as Roy Beck of NumbersUSA and Philip Cafaro, professor at Colorado State University and author of the upcoming book Bleeding Hearts and Empty Promises: A Liberal Rethinks American Immigration. Additional panelists included demographer Steven Camarota of The Center for Immigration Studies, Chris Martenson, a scientist and developer of The Crash Course, William Ryerson, founder and president of the Population Media Center and Don Weeden, director of the Weeden Foundation. Ed Barry of the Population Institute also provided a fascinating presentation about how exponential population growth impacts the environment.

Each panelist gave brief overviews on topics such as, “The Tragedy of the Commons: Why Population Reduction Has Become Taboo (Beck)” and “Environmental Arguments for Stabilizing U.S. Population (Cafaro).” Many of the talks correlated the population explosion in the U.S. and around to the world to a number of devastating ecological consequences such as deforestation, exploited fisheries and species extinction. The day’s panel made clear that America is experiencing population growth at unprecedented levels, most of which is due to the generosity of U.S. immigration policies. The conference highlighted that as a result of political correctness, population control remains a taboo subject. For that reason, conferences such as the one Progressives for Immigration Reform hosted are needed to foster dialogue within the policy community and compel global leaders to devise solutions to an impending crisis. A number of the speakers who presented at the conference maintain informative websites that outline key points made during the event.

According to Leah Durant, “Many Americans understand the seriousness of U.S. immigration policy on burgeoning population and environmental degradation.” Conferences like the one sponsored by Progressives for Immigration Reform help Americans to understand how exponential growth has serious ramifications for U.S. sustainability.

CONTACT: Leah Durant of Progressives for Immigration Reform, +1-202-543-532 5

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Five Public Colleges in Georgia Ban Illegal-Immigrant Students
By ROBBIE BROWN
Published: October 13, 2010

ATLANTA — Education officials in Georgia voted Wednesday to bar illegal immigrants from attending the state’s five most selective public colleges, a decision that immigrant rights groups threatened to challenge in court. …

“…But D. A. King, a Georgia-based opponent of illegal immigration, said the ban was only the first step. Republican state lawmakers are expected to introduce bills next session to extend the ban to all state colleges and to institute a more aggressive illegal immigration policy similar to one in Arizona. “

“An earlier version of this article misstated D.A. King’s position on immigration. He is an opponent of illegal immigration; he is not “anti-immigration.” The article also described Arizona’s recently enacted immigration law as anti-immigrant rather than an attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants. “

Original report and correction HERE.

Corrected at my request – we thank Mr. Brown and the Times. dak

–> ADDED – OCTOBER 21, 2010: Mark Krikorian at the NRO “The Corner” made note of the NY Times correction HERE